Chambers on Internal Audit

This week I have had the opportunity to visit Russia for the first time. After three days of meetings with senior government officials and chief audit […]

At the end of December, I offered my opinion on the five defining events of the p​ast decade for our profession. These types of lists are often best drawn […]

Call me sentimental, but I’ve always found it intriguing when twists of fate take people “full circle,” and reconnect them with an event or a milestone […]

In late December, I wrote about the five events that defined the past decade for internal auditors. It is too speculative (and far too early) to predict […]

In the event you missed it, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced the adoption of new rules on enhanced proxy disclosures (PDF) December 16, 2009. The […]

One of the most significant developments of the internal audit profession in the past decade has been its rise in stature relative to audit committees. A […]

As the decade comes to a close, the media seems to be awash with re​ports ​reflecting o​​n milestones of the 2000s. Some have focused on the top […]

Throughout my career of more than 30 years as an internal auditor, I’ve seen several recessions come and go, and the impacts on the internal audit profession have […]

One of the most predictable consequences of corporate financial failures is the inevitable finger-pointing that follows. There was plenty of finger-pointing following the Enron, WorldCom, and […]

As I have commented often in recent months, the current economic crisis has not been kind to internal auditing. Granted, we have not seen the level […]